why do you put words into my mouth, i never said the 044 would be faster with an 8 tooth rim with 32 inch bar, in fact a specified just the opposite. what i said is that if your going to be cutting softwood with a 32 inch bar you would be ahead to have a 70cc class saw, not because its faster, but becauseits lighter and it will get the job done, theres more fellers around here using 70cc saws than not. and most of them have 32 inch bars. what i said was that in order for a 90cc saw to become nec when cutting softwood, is when you put a bigger bar and go up to .404 gauge, so based off of that logic, i concluded that what the saw will be worked with, should be what its tested with, and most people who would run a 32 inch 3/8 bar and chain on a 90cc saw, would be using it in hardwood, but the test was done in softwood. do you see what im saying? or do you want to go off topic again and try setting another smokescreen up to deter from the point?
And again my point was valid, because if these saws were being worked in the pnw cutting softwood, they would be wearing either 36 or 42 inch bars and .404 gauge chains most likely and in that scenerio there would be different results. so what im saying is relevent.